Was the bite on??

 

Sort of, caught 52 bass.

Average day for you, Wayne!

A couple of weeks earlier I was doing the same, caught the same number but it took me another hour to get that number. That was more pre-spawn conditions.

 

Got all the cool toys Wayne!!! Im still working on my SI tuning.

Hey Wayne, what boat speed and screen speed are you using for that?

Hey Wayne, what boat speed and screen speed are you using for that?

Zero boat speed and Fine/Fast rotation speed.

A couple of weeks earlier I was doing the same, caught the same number but it took me another hour to get that number. That was more pre-spawn conditions.

 

You don't know how much you have helped me by putting these screen shots on here. it has really helped me pick fish out from the bottom i guess it really is just about training your eyes.

Still messing with Contrast, Enhance, and Sensitivity...

 

 

Some beds I'm assuming on the right hand side. 

 

 

School of fish.  Probably Crappie, but not sure since there isn't any cover near by.  This lake does home Saugeye too. 

I had the wife and kids in the boat today or I would have tried to get clearer pics but I think 5 passes over one spot was pushing it

Ok, I need a little advise? I now have a 1199 on the bow and am trying to get it dialed in and am having no luck? I'm trying to get images of the same bridge as above that I got with my 998 on the console.

I'm trying to get the speed up so I have the trolling motor maxed on 10 (this may be my problem? Vibration?)

Anyhow I tried adjusting color/sensitivity/contrast... And this is what I've got.

Ok, I need a little advise? I now have a 1199 on the bow and am trying to get it dialed in and am having no luck? I'm trying to get images of the same bridge as above that I got with my 998 on the console.

I'm trying to get the speed up so I have the trolling motor maxed on 10 (this may be my problem? Vibration?)

Anyhow I tried adjusting color/sensitivity/contrast... And this is what I've got.

 

 

The screen scroll speed should be set to the GPS speed, if you change speeds--change the scroll speed.

WIth those screen shots, the scroll speed should have been 3

 

Use the Sensitivity setting as a screen brightness contol. Ignore the number and adjust it to get the best images--change as often as conditions change--depth, bottom hardness, etc.

 

Your first picture has a dark right side because it is softer than the bridge and is sloping away from the transducer.

 

When you see stuff like that displayed, push the 4-way button to stop the screen from scrolling, then you can make adjustments to make that view the best you can. 

interesting

What is it?

Rock piles

are these fish on the side imaging if so are they bass? and is that the thermocline at the 15 feet on the sonar read out.  new to side imaging can really learn a lot 

are these fish on the side imaging if so are they bass? and is that the thermocline at the 15 feet on the sonar read out. new to side imaging can really learn a lot

It looked like it was where I was yesterday too:

Carp-a-palooza. What a disappointment....

Some of these pictures are amazing. I never really bothered with a fish finder here in Delaware because our lakes are all super shallow (10 ft or less at the deepest, usually about 4 ft average depth) so I figured they probably aren't worth the investment. 

Some of these pictures are amazing. I never really bothered with a fish finder here in Delaware because our lakes are all super shallow (10 ft or less at the deepest, usually about 4 ft average depth) so I figured they probably aren't worth the investment. 

How about seeing what is away from under the boat in less than 2' of water?

This image is showing 100' of coverage with a creek channel on the right side I was following looking for bass that may have moved into cooler water after a summer storm. Yep they were and I caught some of them.

 

Great thread and great pics. Please keep them coming!

This image displayed two bottom. I think it's a road but not sure. Under the first bottom it appears to be fish.

 

This picture is filled with what I believe to be clutter. Although, it could be bait fish. Any comments/remarks?

 

Another Picture with clutter

 

I have a Lowrance Elite 5-HDI. These were pictures that I snapped last night. Can anyone help me decipher these pics?

Fish Finder 1.jpg

This image displayed two bottom. I think it's a road but not sure. Under the first bottom it appears to be fish.

 

Fish finder 2.jpg

This picture is filled with what I believe to be clutter. Although, it could be bait fish. Any comments/remarks?

 

Finder Finder 3.jpg

Another Picture with clutter

 

I have a Lowrance Elite 5-HDI. These were pictures that I snapped last night. Can anyone help me decipher these pics?

All that "clutter" is probably plankton. It is typically on the bottom during daylight hours and rises as it gets dark, then decends in the morning. It looks somewhat like the thermocline when present. 

Reduce the Sensitivity setting to lessen its display.

The downscan does not have a sensitivity adjustment. It only have a contrast adjustment. It could be placnton but while I was fishing there was several groups of shad schools going out to the main lake. Thanks for the insight. Plankton makes a lot of sense.

 

What about the double bottom. Whats your take on that?

The downscan does not have a sensitivity adjustment. It only have a contrast adjustment. It could be placnton but while I was fishing there was several groups of shad schools going out to the main lake. Thanks for the insight. Plankton makes a lot of sense.

 

What about the double bottom. Whats your take on that?

Nothing unusual about showing mulitple bottom echos. when the unit changes depth ranges automatically.

It looks like you have your depth range on manual or it just changed the depth range.

 

Nothing unusual about showing mulitple bottom echos. when the unit changes depth ranges automatically.

It looks like you have your depth range on manual or it just changed the depth range.

 

 

 

Hey Wayne,

 

Is it possible that a ledge show a double echo?